I'm sure an animal doesn't feel better knowing he/she/it is going to become something other than ALIVE.

But here is where the whole I'm a human, I look out for #1, which would be ME...when I can afford to be nice I do it if I have to sacrifice stuff I need (to fill Maslow's heirarchy of needs) I might not be nice or merciful.

MY POINT was that the pointless killing of animals is MORE bad than the killing of animals for food, clothing, shelter, etc.


Think about the life of a beef cow as opposed to the life of one of Gerald McClellan's fighting dogs....I would have rather been the cow